Why is the Dashilan area in Qianmen a slum?

Dashilan reaches Qianmen in the north, zhushikou in the south, Qianmen Street in the east and Food Street in the west. It is only 270 meters long and 5 meters wide, but there are 70 or 80 shops, all of which are famous brands and old brands. About 1 km2 can accommodate 50,000 people.

This is the most intuitive portrayal of Dashilan.

Behind the bustling downtown is the crowded traffic, which is a housing area that has nearly collapsed in the past hundred years. At the same time, it is also a gathering place for laid-off workers, low-income residents and the elderly. There are fakes everywhere, and the crime rate is high.

In the eyes of Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, this is Beijing's "slum", Beijing's "countryside" and the key area of Beijing's dangerous building renovation plan.

Two stone lions stood proudly at both ends of the tile, overlooking the distance, as if making noise around.

Their feet are in a mess. The plywood scattered everywhere in the alley has been "gut-wrenched" in the old house. Broken bricks and tiles are piled up in the corner of the alley, and even the seals on the doors are flying in the wind.

Looking around, only this century-old shop still stands like a stone lion on its head. According to the faded font above the gate, from right to left is "An Yufu came to the store merchant". This century-old shop is rooted in the depths of the hutong in Ximaochang Street, and it was a hotel for businessmen to rest and stay at that time.

Several porters shuttled in front of this century-old shop. Only the shouts of their cabinets make people realize that it is not so lonely here, adding a little vitality to the deserted hutong.

"This is a century-old shop. I was born here and have lived here for 50 years.

"Fulai store owner is directing porters.

Walking into the courtyard of Fulaidian seems to be back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The design of the courtyard and attic perfectly reproduces the ecological map of a hundred years ago.

Now with the renovation of Dashilan dangerous house, the life of a century-old shop is coming to an end.

"There is a statue of Buddha buried below, which is empty and leads directly to the temple in the west.

"The yard owner stood on the ground in the middle of the yard, perhaps when he moved, and many childhood memories gradually became clear.

The old man standing in the alley with his hands propped up was staring at the empty house next to him, still as an old photo, and time seemed to freeze here. An old man in his seventies is asking: Is this deserted street still a busy alley when I was a child?

Some media once said that "Dashilan is a slum in Beijing", which is the earliest commercial street in Beijing. There are the first persuasion workshop in Beijing, the first photo studio in Beijing, the earliest bathhouse in Beijing, the earliest pickle garden in Beijing, the stinking "Wang Zhihe" stinky tofu, and the largest KFC in the world.

Mill Street at the north exit of Dashilan is not only the hardest hit area in Dashilan residential area, but also the commercial street in the commercial street.

Decades ago, there were all kinds of skilled craftsmen and all kinds of unique time-honored brands gathered here. At one time, there was a lot of traffic, a scene in Beijing, and an endless stream of foreign tourists.

Decades ago, you could drink a big bowl of tea here and enjoy the "Beijing flavor" in the hutongs.

Everything just stays in the memory of the old man and the imagination of the young man.

When I set foot on Polishing Factory Street again, except broken walls, empty houses, old people standing on street corners, deserted alleys and crooked wooden telephone poles, I could hardly see any traces of old brands, even much colder than Dashilan Street next to me.

This is the first batch of areas where Beijing * * * carries out the renovation of dangerous houses in Dashilan, and it is also a key area.

If Ximaochang Street goes smoothly, it will provide favorable conditions for the future reconstruction of Dashilan.

On the wall of the alley, "a letter to the relocated residents of municipal roads in Qianmen area" can be seen everywhere. The signature is Qianmen District Municipal Road Engineering Command. The streets are covered with papers of various colors, including "three reasons …", "four reasons …" and "five reasons …", which seems to give residents a sense of urgency all the time.

In contrast, all kinds of selling information are also covered with colorful paper.

Residents who have not moved out have been discussing the issue of moving out these days. They can't help but count the deadlines with their fingers and lock their eyebrows together.

"Living for decades, neighbors have feelings. Who wants to move! " Lao Liu, who is smoking in the alley, has been killing time in the alley these days, chatting when he meets acquaintances, and smoking a cigarette to recall the past when no one is around.

Aunt Huang, who is over sixty, is always reluctant to leave home. She cried when she was forced to move.

This is well known in their jumbled yard.

The reporter learned from the neighborhood Committee of the sophomore community of Xida Maochang that the original population of Xida Maochang was nearly 1 10,000, and now most of it has moved away.

Sun Lianlian, director of the neighborhood committee, shook his head. "You're too late, everyone moved away. Maybe you can come back in a few days, it's already in ruins. "

"The houses here have a long history, and some are old houses in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Strictly speaking, they are all dangerous houses. "

Wang, director of Beijing Institute of Ancient Architecture, said that Dashilan block is one of the areas with the highest building density, the worst living conditions, the biggest fire hazard and the most difficult traffic guidance in Beijing.

However, those ancient customs and Beijing's cultural background are integrated into these backward situations.

According to local residents, they all live in the working class, and there are low-income and laid-off workers everywhere, and low-income households also occupy a certain weight here.

Among the residents, most of them are Beijingers, and most of them are old people born and raised, who have witnessed the growth of New China and the rise and fall of Dashilan.

In a fish farm that can accommodate more than 60 families, there are low houses everywhere, chimneys are littered, pots and pans are piled up in the front and back of the room, and the walls are peeling off. There are all kinds of people living in the yard. Some even have a family of three nestled in a small room with a plywood roof of less than 20 square meters, and even some sloping houses are not obvious in a messy compound.

After living for more than 50 years, I never worried that it would collapse. "

Uncle Zhao, 79, has lived here for 79 years and seems to be part of the complex. "I am very familiar with everyone and everything here, and even I know who has new flowers in the flowerpot and who has new people."

In a dark hut, Uncle Zhao is boiling water on the stove. There are two rooms in the room, which add up to less than 20 square meters. Walking into the room, it seems to be back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Uncle Zhao said that this room was left by our ancestors and never turned over. The walls and bricks he touched were all "authentic" in ancient times.

Uncle Zhao seldom turns on the light on weekdays, in order to save electricity.

When I get used to the darkness in the room, I can gradually distinguish the layout and furnishings in the room. Uncle Zhao puts the photo of his lover on the table and wipes it every day.

One of the rooms is Uncle Zhao's bedroom. The wall is covered with mold, which smells of mildew. The cabinets, boxes and corners next to them are covered with huge cobwebs. The room is dark for a long time, and occasionally turning on the light will scare the flying insects. It's hard to imagine that this is a home where one sits and sleeps. What a person can feel is only a kind of emptiness, a kind of loneliness, a kind of loneliness of an elderly person.

Uncle Zhao is very satisfied with his home. He has lived here since he was a child. Now he has four sons.

In his spare time, he began to repair his hut.

He proudly pointed to the window, a so-called "window" on a cardboard paste, and the wind blew in, which was made up by Uncle Zhao two days ago.

"Fortunately, there is a big hole next to the window, otherwise I might have passed away.

"Uncle Zhao fell to the ground and hit his head in this hut a month ago because of the gas in boiling water. Fortunately, his third son lived nearby and was treated in time after discovering the situation, so Uncle Zhao was able to get out of danger.

Uncle Zhao, who still wears a medical hood, has been worried about medical expenses. He talked about the treatment fee of more than 300 yuan for several days.

As a result of the relocation, the residents of Dashilan Hutong are very worried, and those who used to play mahjong have stopped playing. Everyone seems to be waiting for the change of the new situation.

The last farmer's market in Yao Chang Street of Xida University was demolished, and the originally deserted street became even more deserted, and people's complaints began to swell. No one cares about the garbage on the street. People have to walk 400 meters to buy food before they can buy things from the pot.

Residents living nearby said that the public toilets on the street began to be cleaned. "Now the taste is getting bigger and bigger, and there are flies flying at home in winter."

Lao Monday, who is helping the chimney next door, talked about this and came to the spirit. He said: "Now the residents have an influence before and after.

"Before" means eating. Lao Zhou pointed to the collapsed farmer's market and said, "It used to be very convenient to buy food here, but now it is occupied by garbage collectors. We have to walk a long way to buy food.

"Hou" means that residents defecate, and each family does not have its own toilet, but it is convenient to go to the street toilet. "Now we have to demolish, the toilet is not cleaned, and there is so much dirt that we all stand on tiptoe to defecate.

"Say that finish, Lao zhou also did two times.

Lao Zhou lives in Yixing Lane, Dayaochang Street. He is in his fifties this year, laid off at home, and helping the old streets has become his main business.

There are three people in the family, squeezed into a room of 30 square meters. Both husband and wife have been laid off, and their son's coal transportation work is their only source of livelihood now.

The Lao Zhou family is also a century-old house, and the house is messy. When sleeping, he pulls the curtain from the middle of the house and divides the bed in two. This is how the three of them live.

What annoys Lao Zhou most is that when it rains, the house will leak rain. Although it has been repaired many times, it has been blocked over there and can't stop here. When it rains, the whole family will greet the washbasin at the same time. The Zhou family has long been used to it.

Yixing Lane has seven bends. When walking through the alley, if someone comes across, you need to lean sideways to pass.

Looking at the two children playing in the alley, Lao Zhou said, "I'm leaving. I really can't bear to part with this alley."

According to the introduction of local neighborhood committees, the relocation price is 8,000 yuan per square meter, and residents living in hutongs and alleys often have a housing area of only about 30 square meters, so the cash they get is only about 240,000 yuan.

This is also one of the reasons for residents' dissatisfaction. "240,000 yuan can't buy a house in the city. Many people prefer to rent low-rent housing in the suburbs, and some people have gone to other places to bid farewell to their hometown Beijing.

"Mr. Chen, who lives in a compound in West Yao Chang Street, said angrily.

It is understood that Beijing's * * * municipal planning is going to widen Dashilan into a pedestrian mall, and transform dangerous houses, keeping part of the original appearance of the ancient city and part of it for commercial development.

How to solve the contradiction between protection, transformation and development in Dashilan area is the biggest focus at present.

This is also the problem that Wang is most concerned about.

Is the final renovation of Dashilan as * * * wishes? Where will Beijing's largest "slum" go? I am afraid that people who live here, grow up here and have been deeply engraved here will not be interested in these questions. Everyone is asking only one sentence: Dashilan, will you disappear?